A PRIMARY school is to be built to cope with Glasgow’s growing population.
A public meeting and consultation will be held on the preferred site for the non-denominational school at Kelvinside Avenue, the former site of North Kelvinside Secondary.
After decades of population loss, the population of the city is growing again.
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Over the next decade, the number of primary pupils is predicted to rise by as much as 18 per cent.
A report to city councillors says: “This is particularly evident in parts of the north of the city due to the success of the council’s regeneration strategies and planned housing developments over the coming years.”
The ten-year forecast for Maryhill/Kelvin and Canal says the level of housing developments planned over the next ten years means there is a need for a new primary.
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That would reduce the capacity pressures on Cadder, Caldercuilt, Kelvindale, Parkview, Highpark, Dunard and Saracen primaries.
The report says there is a clear need for a new school in the area for up to 434 children and Kelvinside Avenue is well located.
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It adds: “The site is large enough to accommodate the proposed school as well as additional community facilities in the form of an 11-a-side synthetic pitch and changing rooms and an early years establishment which would provided extended day and extended year provision.”
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